[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/vr/ - Retro Games


View post   

File: 88 KB, 640x480, subculture.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1208110 No.1208110[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Q: What is it?
A: Sub Culture is an open world exploration and trading game set in the shallow underwater world of tide pools where a tiny humanoid race has built an undersea civilization to hide from us full sized humans. You pilot a submersible between underwater cities, trading various resources at fluctuating prices, salvaging items dropped from the surface world, and doing missions for the two main factions; the Bohine and the Procha, with their opinions of you changing accordingly. (Think 'Freelancer' underwater.) This guide, if followed precisely, will leave you with the most complete, patched, visually upgraded version of the game possible.

STEP 1: From the link provided at the bottom of this paragraph, download the ISO version. NOT the "rip". The ISO has all the FMVs and wonderful music/voice intact. For this kind of game that's half the charm. (IMPORTANT: The MDF is encrypted, but when you unrar you’ll discover there’s a unecm.bat file for decrypting it. If you don’t do this before burning/mounting, the image/disc will be unreadable.) note that the uncut english version is insanely rare and found only here: http://www.old-games.ru/game/download/579.html

STEP 2: download the patch, which fixes a few annoying bugs. The download for that is on the same page as the full ISO.

STEP 3: During installation, select the 3DFX version, and a full 200mb install. Once it's installed, put the patch (SCPATCH.EXE) into the game folder and run it.

STEP 4: Install nGlide. This is a wrapper that will let you run the 3D accelerated version of the game on modern hardware.
http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide

STEP 5: Install the Real Texture Pack 2.0. It can be found here: http://www.ccalonnec.fr/?q=node/10

Once you have it, look for the folder inside your main Sub Culture folder titled “GAMETEX”. Extract the contents of the rar into that folder, after backing up the contents somewhere else in case something fucks up.

>> No.1208128

>>1208110
I've seen this exact thread a while ago.

>> No.1208147

>>1208128

That was me. I am raising awareness. Sub Culture is muh favrit.

>> No.1208176

>>1208110
JESUS I played this when I was younger but I completly forgot the name

thank you based anon

>> No.1208208
File: 46 KB, 432x547, subcultureboxart.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1208208

>>1208176

Glad I could help. It's getting cold out and this is the comfiest game I know of. People should play this bundled up in blankets, exploran the sea.

>> No.1208230

Hmm... . I wonder if it works under Wine.

>> No.1208241

Waiting for some idiot to accuse OP of viraling

>> No.1208309

You aint kidding, this shit's cozy.

You know that guy on DIY building a battle mech cockpit sim? I want one of those for sub sim games like this, Aquanox 2, and the Silent Hunter series. With like illuminated gages, knobs, dials and portholes with small aquariums or blue lighting behind them.

>> No.1208341
File: 1.18 MB, 209x180, 1376305231840.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1208341

>>1208110

thank you OP! remember playing this when I was little and I can't find the cd anymore, I wonder how come this is not on GOG or stuff...

>> No.1208351

>>1208341

Aside from that, why was there never a console port? It's pretty much perfectly suited to the N64 hardware for instance being one of the earliest games to use texture filtering.

>> No.1208356
File: 137 KB, 1440x1080, Treasures_of_the_Deep_-_1997_-_Namco_Limited.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1208356

>>1208110
Reminds me of this.
Sub games are pretty neato.

>> No.1208363

>>1208356
>Space game
>Whole environment is just a skybox texture of a nebula or nearby planet and some stars

>Sub game
>Environment is a huge meticulously modeled ocean floor environment with reefs, volcanoes, kelp forests, trenches, etc.

Sea games are like space games with actual effort put into the environment so there's something worth exploring

>> No.1208386

Is there combat? Is it less brutal to play than Subwar 2050?

>> No.1208408

>>1208386

There's combat, but it's not the main focus. Surprisingly if you're determined to do it, you can beef up your weapons considerably. But they all take ammo which is expensive except for the lighting gun you start with, which can also be upgraded twice at which point it's essentially the best weapon in the game anyway.

You mainly fight pirates, who figure heavily into the plot, but you can also gib fish, sea turtles and so on.

>> No.1208632 [DELETED] 

This came with my graphics card. I remember looking upon witnessing my first 3d accelerated polygonal game ever and thinking it was amazeballs.

>> No.1208636

This came with my graphics card. I remember witnessing my first 3d accelerated polygonal game ever and thinking it was amazeballs. Every other 3D game at the time had textures that turned into legos close up.

>> No.1208696

>>1208386
>Is it less brutal to play than Subwar 2050?

Absolutely. The gameplay is very fun and polished. In some ways it feels like a Nintendo game.

>> No.1208716

I played it when it was new and it was pretty derp. When I saw Aquanox at my friend's place, I forgot it in a second.

>> No.1208748

>>1208716

That was a mistake. Aquanox is more grimdark and pretty to look at. Sub Culture is a lot more fun in terms of gameplay and humor.